State ex rel. Griffith v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

On December 28, 1922, the board of county commissioners of Linn county entered into contracts for the construction of three bridges. On January 8, 1923, a change having taken place in the membership, the board passed a resolution declaring that the contracts were not binding and that the board as previously constituted had no power to make various orders leading up to them, and undertaking to revoke such orders and contracts. On February 20, 1923, the state, upon the relation of the attorney-general, brought in this court the present…